To be maximally helpful to a newly admitted suicidal client on days 1 and 2 of hospitalization, the nurse will need the ability to:
1. Select appropriate community resources for referral
2. Identify client areas of weakness and deficiency
3. Tolerate expressions of client psychologic pain
4. Refute delusional thinking by logical argument
ANS: 3
With a newly admitted client, listening to expressions of pain will be one of the first interven-tions for the nurse, so option 3 is correct. Option 1 is incorrect, since it is too soon to consider community resources. Option 2, identifying weaknesses, is not a helpful intervention for a sui-cidal client, and option 4 is incorrect, since there are no data concerning delusional thinking.
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